Blue Grass Tune

Verse                                     Still In The Shack
E                         G/A/E
Summertime in 1996.
E                                                 B7
Me and Bobby was hunting in the sticks.
B7          E                                                      A             
We was looking for some deer to shoot and we went ten miles and all on foot.
         E                           B7             E        G/A/E
And then we found that shack to our surprise.
E                                                             G/A/E
Well we walked up to the windows cautiously.
E                                                           B7
And we wiped off all the dirt so we could see.
B7       E                                           A                               A
Well I put my head up on the sill and said "Hey Bobby now theres a still"
E                        B7                     E    G/A/E
And he said glory be we gonna get drunk.

Chorus
E
Cause theres a still in the shack.
E                  A
Oh theres a still in the shack.
A                  E                                  B7
Oh theres a still in the shack way out back.
B7             E                              A
And if we find any sign of that whiskey moonshine,
A                       E                  B7            E  G/A/E
than we gonna drink it till the day we will die.
Verse
E                                                                  G/A/E
So we busted down the door with one good kick.
E                                                                 B7
We fought our way through cobwebs two feet thick.
B7       E
Then Bobby fell and he scraped his knees,
      A
and I got stung by thirteen bees.
      E                  B7               E      G/A/E
So we retreated back into the woods.
E                                                              G/A/E
Now the bee stings that I had started to swell.
E                                                 B7
And I heard Bobby swearing all to hell.
E                                                A                            A
He said that we ain't lost yet we'll get that booze and thats a bet
E                                 B7                  E   G/A/E
Theres no one here its free man its all ours
Chorus
E
Cause theres a still in the shack.
E                  A
Oh theres a still in the shack .
A                  E                                  B7
Oh theres a still in the shack way out back.
B7             E                             A
Well if we find any sign of that whiskey moonshine,
A                       E                  B7                  E  G/A/E
then we gonna drink it till the day that we will die.
Verse
E                                                         G/A/E
So we waited by the shack until night fell.
E                                                     B7
We mounted our assault and it went well.
B7           E                                                     A
Well we stole two jugs of whiskey lightning and we got drunk and took to fighting,
         E                       B7          E      G/A/E
And then we both past out so naturally.
E                                                           G/A/E
When I woke up I thought that I was dead.
E                                                   B7
It felt like all those bees was in my head.
B7        E                               E                      A               A
Then I looked at Bobby and I had to grin,his eyes were black as black as sin
E                               B7                     E      G/A/E
Now I thought Bobby boy that ain't bad booze

Chorus
E
Oh theres a still in the shack.
E                  A
Oh theres a still in the shack.
A                  E                                 B7
Oh theres a still in the shack way out back.
B7                  E                                   A                    A
And when we find all that shine ,all that whiskey moon shine.
A                E                   B7                 E  G/A/E
We gonna drink it till the day that we will die
E                     G/A/E   
Oh theres a still
E                  G/A/E
In that shack.
E                   G/A/E                             B7
Oh theres a still in that shack way out back.
E                                     E
With the bees around here it is too warm
          A                A
We'll wait until a winter storm
E                                 B7                   E    G/A/E    G/A/E    G/A/E  B7  E
When the bees are hibernating in there hive

Again I have to say thanks for the inspiration to get back to songwriting.
This song I started ages ago...forgot about it...remembered it today...today finished it.
In my life I have known a number of good friends that have committed suicide so I wrote this song hoping that if it ever got published it would make somebody think twice ,because "suicide is a long term solution to a short term problem"

   Verse                                                Cries For You
   C
  I hear your momma crying,cause she looks around the room and she finds your gone.
   F                  G
  She cries for you
   C
  She knows you loved to laugh and now she knows that time is past and so.
   F                  G
  She cries for you
  F                             C           Dm                                        G
  In the middle of the daytime and in the nighttime cause you gone
   C                                                                                             G7         C
  Now she awakes and sees your face and deep inside her soul she cries for you

  Chorus
F                                             C                              G                                 C
Sometimes your feelings reach out but the ceilings to high for your fingers to reach all alone
        F                                  C
And then comes illusion and lonely confusion .
Dm                   Dm                 Dm                    G7         
No time to walk, no time to talk,no time to say goodbye
Verse
C
Now I hear your daddy lying cause he looks around the room and finds your gone
F                G
He lies for you
C
The emptiness he feels inside just cant accept your suicide.
F                     G
So he lies for you
F                                C       Dm                                          G
In the middle of the daytime and in the nighttime cause your gone.
C                                                                                          G7       C
Now he awakes and sees your face and deep inside his soul he lies for you

Chorus
F                                             C                              G                                 C
Sometimes your feelings reach out but the ceilings to high for your fingers to reach all alone
F                                          C
And then comes illusion and lonely confusion
Dm                   Dm                 Dm                    G7
No time to walk,no time to talk,no time to say goodbye

Verse
C
Now I see your lady trying but she looks around the room and she finds you gone
F                        G
But she tries for you
C
She struggles hard to find the way to make it through another day
F                        G
But she tries for you
F                                C         Dm                                        G
In the middle of the daytime,and in the nighttime cause your gone.
C                                                                                               G7       C
Now she awakes and sees your face and deep inside her soul she tries for you.

Verse  (Vocal with baby crying in the background)
C
Now I see your baby crying cause he looks around the room and he finds your gone.
F                  G
He cries for you.
C
He knows you loved to laugh and now he knows that time is passed and so
F                  G
He cries for you
F                                C        Dm                                         G
In the middle of the daytime and in the nighttime cause your gone
C                                                                                           G7        C
Now he awakes and sees your face and deep inside his soul he cries for you.

Chorus
F                                             C                              G                                C
Sometimes your feelings reach out but the ceilings to high for your fingers to reach all alone
F                                           C
And then comes illusion and lonely confusion
Dm                   Dm                  Dm                   G7
No time to walk,no time to talk, no time to say goodbye

Fade out

C                                                             C
Now I see your momma crying..................Now I see your momma crying